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Monday, 14 April 2014

Swing card tutorial

Good
morning, this is being scheduled so I am hoping it pops up on Monday morning to tie in with the post over at Prickly Pear Stamps blog here.I had seen a few of these swing concertina style cards around blogland so decided to have a go for myself and
thought I would share my version with you all. Note added: Since I created this card using the Cricut and scheduled this post I found that Sizzix have a new swing card die which makes something very similar.

To
start you will need five A4 (similar to foolscap in the States) sheets of
reasonable weight cardstock, take four of them to create eight identical shapes
with an aperture in the middle. I cut these on my Cricut but you could just as easily
cut them with dies.

From
the fifth sheet of card cut the hanging central pieces, again you will need two
for each section so eight in total. Remember it will need to be a little
smaller that the aperture to allow room for it to hang and move. I used my
offcuts to cut some leaves and flowers to decorate one hanging section. You
also need to cut and score three narrow spines from the offcuts according to
the size of your main card base, these will be used to hold the four sections
together.

Next
stamp four of the eight main sections, or you could cover with Design Papers.

I
like to add dimension to my flowers so after colouring with the same distress
inks I dab with Versamark and spritz with Glimmer Mist pearl, this makes them
very pliable, almost like leather and they can be moulded into shape. As the
idea of the ink and mist is to make the colours bleed you need to use a medium
such as distress ink or watercolour pencils, it’s won’t work with Copics and
similar.

Once
you have stamped and coloured all four of the inner sections lay out all the
pieces ready to join up the elements.

Working on one section at a time take the bottom unstamped pieces of both the outer and
inner of the card and fix a piece of flexible but strong cord down the centre top
to bottom. At this point also fix the spine into place, followed by the top
stamped sections, continue the same with all four pieces and you will have your completed card.

This is a real fun card to make, it’s not quick but well worth the time to create
something a little bit different. Any questions please do mail me.

Thank you so much for the tutorial! the panels look fabulous and the flower is gorgeous! I was actually wondering when I saw it the first time as how you made it..!! It looks quite a task without die-cutting machines.. but I am definitely going to give it a try!

How springy and happy your amazing card is, Brenda. Thank you for showing the cricut version, I've not see it before. And for laying it all out to view. Love colors, and such a sweet remembrance to use as a spring decoration. Thanks again for the fab tutorial! hugs, de

Beautiful! Love all the little details, the gorgeous stamping and wonderful die cuts. I am wondering if I can create something similar with my Cuttlebug - an germ of an idea and CASE - will need to craft for a couple of hours to do what I am hoping. Thank you for the tut Karen x

Lovely! I have always wondered how to make this style! Thank you for the wonderful tutorial! Your swing card is beautiful! I hope you are doing okay, Brenda, thinking about you and praying for your return to health. Hugs,Kitty

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